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Corfu and Albania


After our trip to Athens and Spetses, Ryan and Sam headed back to Amsterdam for work and school. I headed to Corfu to meet up with US friends Dawn and Shannon for a girls week - a little time in Corfu and mostly in Albania.  

More Corfu and Albania photos here:  https://photos.app.goo.gl/x35w8eetwHZvxbqH8

Sun, 6/1 - Corfu

Dawn and I arrived first and checked out the balcony of our lodging. Thankfully I have my private photographer with me now. 📷


Mon, 6/2 - Corfu

Shannon doesn't arrive until the evening so Dawn and I explored Corfu.


Fortress here:




And we found a random sightseeing tour that included rescue puppies. Very unique and I learned very little about Corfu since there were puppies. 🐶

Dawn was beside herself:



Tue, 6/3 - Corfu --> Albania

Shannon is now with us and we are taking the ferry over to Albania - staying in Saranda. We scheduled a wine tasting plus a visit to Lekursi Castle to see the view. The tour was private (in that no one else signed up for that particular day and time). The guide gave us a lot of information about Albania's history (communism) and the impact of the increase in tourism. It is unique from the rest of Europe which is a nice change.




Wed, 6/4 - Albania


Today we visited the tourist attractions of Blue Eye and Butrint National Park with a private tour. 


Blue Eye:


Butrint National Park:



And then an evening sunset cruise with interesting caves.  We did opt to end the cruise early due to the intensity of the speedboat + "interesting" guides.  We'll just say that we had to take a call from Felicia and get off that boat (inside joke).


Thu, 6/5 - Albania


Beach day at Ksamil Beach.





Fri,6/6 - Albania --> Corfu


Back to Corfu by ferry for one more night.





Sat. 6/7 - Corfu --> Amsterdam


I'm heading back to Amsterdam today while Shannon and Dawn continue their travels to Italy.







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